Christine Bower Baca
assistant professor
Neurology
University of California los Angeles
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Christine m Bower-Baca is an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. This position also provides a joint appointment at West Los Angeles Veterans Administration, which has obtained funding to develop and implement Epilepsy Centers of Excellence. She will continue to work on long-term outcomes and their potential barriers to coordinated care for patients with epilepsy. She is particularly interested in developing models of coordinated care in vulnerable groups such as persons with no insurance, language barriers, race/ethnic minorities, and children. Additionally, Dr. Bower Baca is exploring new research projects related to post-traumatic epilepsy in returning veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Research Interest
Neurology
Publications
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Baca Christine Bower, Cheng Eric M, Spencer Susan S, Vassar Stefanie, Vickrey Barbara G, Vickrey Barbara G Racial differences in patient expectations prior to resective epilepsy surgery Epilepsy & behavior : E&B, 2009; 15(4): 452-5.
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Baca Christine Bower, Vickrey Barbara G, Hays Ron D, Vassar Stefanie D, Berg Anne T Differences in child versus parent reports of the childs health-related quality of life in children with epilepsy and healthy siblings Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, ; 13(6): 778-86.
